Local wrap: Five qualify for golf regionals

The District 1 Golf Championships concluded on Tuesday at Turtle Creek Golf Course, and a total of five area high school players qualified for the upcoming regional tournament.

Unionville’s Blake Hinckley, Conestoga’s Andrew Willner and Downingtown East’s Cameron Byrnes all placed in the top-16 of the Class AAA field and they will advance to the regional championships on Oct. 16 at Golden Oaks Golf Club in Fleetwood.

Two local girls also made regionals: Coatesville’s Samantha Staudt (AAA) and Villa Maria’s Cara Basso (AA).

Council Rock North captured the boys AAA district title, with Holy Ghost Prep’s Steve Cerbara winning the individual title by shooting consecutive rounds of one-under par 71 to edge Central Bucks East’s Stewart Rickenbach (72-72) by two strokes. Unionville’s Hinckley fired rounds of 73 and 75 to place seventh overall, Willner of Conestoga shot 74 and 75 to take eighth place, and Byrnes of Downingtown East carded back-to-back rounds of 75 to finish in a tie for ninth place.

Radnor won the girls AAA district title, and Mount St. Joseph’s Isabella Dilisio (66-71) edged Jackie Rogowicz of Pennsbury by one-shot to capture the individual crown. Staudt of Coatesville fired rounds of 75 and 89 to take eighth place.

Villa Maria won the girls AA title, and the Hurricanes were led by Basso as she took first place overall with scores of 76 and 88.

Downingtown West’s Kenny Leidal placed second overall in 9:37.8 as the Whippets took second in the team standings. Chris Coates led West Chester Rustin by finishing ninth overall, and Chris Kienzle placed 10th to pace Kennett.

Girls VolleyballW.C. Henderson 3, Downingtown West 2: The Warriors (6-5) came back from two sets down to post the thrilling 25-27, 16-25, 25-20, 25-18, 15-10 Ches-Mont League National Division victory.

Victoria Dennis had 39 digs and six aces to lead the way. Henderson also got strong games from Julia Rodden (12 kills, 20 digs), Haley Butler (15 kills) and Mallory Ritthamel (10 digs).

Downingtown West dropped to 5-6 in the league. The Whippets got nine kills and 10 digs from Kacey Feairheller, six kills and 16 digs from Lauren Ahern, 32 assists from Emily Ahern, 20 digs from Lauren Siddal, and nine kills and two blocks from Gabby Guerrera.